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Dining in the Slave Cabin, Director Kristina Estle

Slaves' meals were much simpler and less plentiful than the master of the plantation and his family. Some slaves had the option to tend to their own…

Tools 2, Director Kristina Estle

Tools such as these were similar to those on the plantation.

Wagon Wheel, Director Kristina Estle

Though most production was done by hand, horse-drawn wagons would have been the main type of transportation. The horse and buggy had many uses on the…

Tools, Director Kristina Estle

The slaves would have used these types of tools. The number one type of production in the South was cotton production, following in second would have…

Inside the Slave Ship, Director Kristina Estle

This mural depicts a scene of the inside of a slave ship. Painted upon a brick wall on the Underground Railroad Museum's basement level, it allows…

Eating Utensils, Director Kristina Estle

Eating utensils such as the hollowed gourd and oysters that were eaten are a could of examples of the conditions among the slave vessels. Provisions…

Transport Collar, Director Kristina Estle

This transport collar is inscribed, "Montague & Dawson- Dealers of Fine- Horses & African Negroes- Montgomery, Alabama 1854". Slaves were treated and…

Slave Ship, Director Kristina Estle

Model slave vessel. Most enslaved people came from the western African coast or nicknamed the Slave Coast, which consisted of Tongo, Nigeria, and…

Director Kristina Estle, Slave Ship, Director Kristina Estle

This is a model of a slave ship that would have been used during the Transatlantic slave trade. Before its arrival to America, the slaves would be…

African Slaver 2, Director Kristina Estle

This small sculpture depicts the captain of a slave vessel. These men were paid a percentage for each slave they had aboard. Despite lawmakers placing…